The building is grade I listed, and the churchyard attracts some interest as one of the first colonists aboard the Mayflower bound for the United States of America came from the area, and some of his family are buried there.

[7] A taxation order by the pope in 1291 makes no mention of either Austerfield or Bawtry as they were under the Priory of Blyth at that time.

[8] A Collins guidebook describes the church, especially the north wall, as a "puzzle of Medieval archaeology," as it has many different elements of architecture and historical periods.

[14] Morris describes the east window as one of "..the most remarkable in Yorkshire.." having Early English sideshafts and a "dogtooth hood" on the exterior wall.

[8][16] The tower was built by local stonemasons in the Gothic style, with some historical texts suggesting that the stone came from the nearby ruined Roche Abbey.

[17][18] Seafarers sailing upriver from the Trent along the River Idle, would use the church as a landmark as it was quite close to the wharves in Bawtry.